William Vernon Harcourt (scientist)

For other people named William Vernon Harcourt, see William Vernon Harcourt (disambiguation).

Rev. William Venables-Vernon Harcourt (1789 – April 1871) was an English cleric, founder of the British Association for the Advancement of Science,[1] canon residentiary of the York Cathedral, and later rector of Bolton Percy.

  1. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Harcourt, William Vernon". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 940–941.